Hair trimmer



Oct. 5 192e.

J. HILSER, SR

HAIR TRIMMER Filed August 17, 1925 Patented Oct. 5, 1.926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH HILSER, SR., F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

HAIR TRIMMER.

My present invention has reference to a combined hair trimmer and comb.

My object is the provision of an article' for this purpose characterizedby simplicity in construction, cheapness in manufacf ture and thoroughefficiency in practlcal use.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists-in theimprovement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of theimprovement.

Figure 2 is a similar view of a second form of the improvement.

Figure 3 is an end view of the construction illustrated in Figure 2.A

As disclosed by the drawings my improvement contemplates the employmentof m a fiat body member 1 which has one of its ends merging into ahandle 2. The fiat body 1, on one of its edges, is formed withprojecting teeth 3. These teeth are of a width to extend laterallybeyond one of the n faces of the body. The teeth are all of the samelength, and .the upper edges thereof are notched, as at 4. The notchesare inclined toward the edge of the body on which the teeth are formed,and these aligning 80 notches provide a pocket for a cutting blade. InFigure 1 of the drawings an ordinary razor blade 5 has its haft 6pivotally secured, as at 7, to the handle 2 of the body.

In this form of the device the improvement may be successfully employedasa razor,

comb, or as a hair trimmer. It will be aparent that when the cuttingedge of the blade 5 is received in the notches 4 of the teeth 3, that byvdrawing the teeth through the hair the said hair will be effectivelytrimmed. The depth of the cut is regulated by reversin the position ofthe device on the head o the person operated on. The inner edges of theteeth are closer to the body, and when these edges are brought againstthe hair the latter will be trimmed only slightly. A deeper cut is madewhen the opposite faces of the teeth are arranged against the hair.

In Figure 2, the body 1 has its edge oppo site that formed with theteeth thickened in the direction of-thev teeth and this thickenedportion, from theinner edge thereof is channeled longitudinally as at 10to provide van outer flange 9. The channel also enters the body 1 sothatthe central portion of the body is thus thickened on the facethereof provided with the teeth and flange and this portion of the bodywill exert a pressure against la safety razor blade when the latterisarranged between the flange and teeth to fiex said blade and cause theedge thereof to tightly engage with the-flange and teeth so that theblade will be effectively held on the body.

The simplicity of the construction and the advantages thereof will, itis thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the artto whichsuch invention relates when the foregoing description is read inconnection with the accompanying drawings.

Having described the invention, I claim In a device for the purpose setfortlna body having a handle and having one of its edges formed withprojecting teeth which are of a greater thickness than that of the bodyso that one of the edges of the said teeth extend beyond one face of thebody, said teeth having their upper ends notched at a downwardinclination and said body having its edge. opposite that provided withthe teeth thickened and channeled longitudinally from the inner editethereof to provide a depending flange, and the said channel entering thebody to render this portion of the body of a less thickness than theremainder of the body, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

. JOSEPH HILSER, SR.

